I'm in charge on programing an wiring a robot for my school project and the teacher who ordered the parts did like no research on them before he bought them so now i need help connecting an Uno Rev 3 to a Hokuyo URG-04LX laser range finder, and a roboteq AX 3500 motor controller.[ANY ONE HELP ME PLEASE

[font=Verdana]I should probably mention this is my first robot and the only reason i got is because no one else wanted itbut thanks just the same [/font]

Wait - are you saying a teacher at your school order approximated $4000.00 USD worth of robot parts - and then nobody wanted them - and then they gave them to you?

I certainly hope this isn't a public school - because as a taxpayer, I would be really incensed by that...

Unless you mean "give" as in "Hey, these are school property - but we'll lend them to you for the school year, and let's see what you make..."?

Regardless - do you realize what kind of an opportunity you have here? There are university students who would -kill- to have these kinds of resources to play with (heck, I wish I had the rangefinder alone for my own personal projects).

I will not respond to Arduino help PM's from random forum users; if you have such a question, start a new topic thread.

If the laser and motor controller are orphans, please send them to me. They areMUCH better items than I ever get to play with! And in return, I'll send you a little $100 sumo robot that's all put together and works. Fair trade, as it has $4000 worth of s.w. development time.

Just kidding - yeah, read the datasheets first. That's what all the rest of us do.[Paul's just being funny, he'd like a free laser too].

Also, I agree with J_Z. You can in fact go back and edit your original post, and kill the banner.

Lockon, please do us all a favour and lose the funky colo(u)rs and flying banners?

I didn't see any mention of what you're expected to be doing with all that kit.... have you got some objective in mind or are you just experimenting?

What the teacher whats is for it to avoid obstacles and move around on its own i guess i'm going to try and get a clear picture today and sorry about stuff like this and This and yes I am doing this just to patronize you but in all seriousness i', done with that